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#DADABB

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #DADABB

#DADABB is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 85% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Oat (ΔE 7.3); Bone comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBBBDA — a thistle tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use very light tones like #DADABB for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.73:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red218
Green218
Blue187

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 7.3
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 8.0
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.9

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #DADABB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DADABB.
1.43:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DADABB.
14.73:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DADABB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DADABB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#E0D7B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#E0D9BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFD6D1

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DADABB?

#DADABB is a muted, very light shade in the yellow family. On screen it is built from 85% red, 85% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Its overall feel is warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DADABB?

Use black text. Black on #DADABB has a contrast ratio of 14.73:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DADABB?

Its complementary colour is #BBBBDA, and analogous partners are #DACBBB and #CBDABB.